Category: Power

PV Balance of Systems holds the key to grid parity in the US

In 2011 the solar PV industry in the United States installed 1.86GW of photovoltaic systems and is expected to install a full gigawatt more in 2012, totalling a massive 2.8GW.

PV Operations & Maintenance Guide unveiled by PV Insider

Hours of research has resulted in the general release of this online resource (produced for the 3rd Utility Scale PV Plant Optimization Summit USA), which provides rare insight into the challenges

South Africa looks to large-scale PV Installations

The number of projects in Round II had dropped from 18 to 9, in addition to the overall power allocated across renewable technologies falling to 26% lower than in the first round, from 1,415.5MW to

Thin Film, CPV and Crystalline Silicon potential in India to be discussed in August

Of the three technologies, Crystalline Silicon (C-Si) is undoubtedly the most established.  In line with Government policy Indian project developers wanting to use C-Si modules must buy from l

CPV industry strategy up for discussion in October

These topics reflect current industry trends, as a number of concentrated photovoltaic companies have recently announced plans to expand into new markets.  SolFocus and Arima have made moves i

CPV webinar featuring SolFocus, Abengoa Solar to discuss technology’s next steps

2012 has so far seen some of the most exciting CPV project announcements in the technology’s history, with companies expanding into new, high DNI markets, such as Mexico, Latin America and South

Winners of US CSP Today Awards 2012 announced

Thousands of online votes cast by the concentrated solar power industry were assessed by a panel of Judges comprising, Tex Wilkins, Executive Director, CSP Alliance, Tom Mancini, CSP Program Manage

All new interactive CSP Today World Map released

After more than 6 months researching and compiling information from different sources, CSP Today has published the only user-friendly reference guide available in the industry.